DNV company provides integrated solutions for hybrid solar and storage powered town

 

GreenPowerMonitor (GPM), a DNV company, has provided the integrated onsite control, monitoring, data management and display solutions for the 6MWp solar photovoltaic system (solar PV) and 15MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) hybrid project deployed at the town of Modhera, Mehsana district, Gujarat.

First of its kind

This hybrid project is the first of its kind in the country: the village of Modhera and its 1,400 households will be supplied 24×7 with solar energy, materializing the vision of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to symbolically make Modhera – home of the Sun Temple, a protected archaeological Hindu complex dedicated to the solar deity Surya – self-reliant thanks to sustainable solar power, a release from DNV said.

 

Prestigious project

“This was a very prestigious project for Mahindra Susten, and we acknowledge major contribution by GPM in successfully delivering it” said Pramod Kalyanshetty, Head Procurement and Chief Risk Officer at Mahindra Susten, the project EPC contractor.

 

PPC and EMS

The implemented GPM’s Power Plant Controller (GPM PPC) and Energy Management System (EMS) solutions have showcased their flexibility in hardware design and software configuration to implement complex functions and a high-level customised control philosophy in this project.

Specifically, GPM PPC and EMS are the master controllers enabling the project’s different automatic and manual controls. This architecture has really pushed the boundaries of complex controls in a renewable energy site, allowing the following: black start, islanding, anti-islanding, energy shifting, state of charge (SOC) management and balancing, as well as frequency and voltage support.

Additionally, the following systems are also integrated and monitored into the GPM solution provided:

• 271 numbers of 1kW rooftop solar system on the residential building in Modera with API (application programming interface)
• 1610 numbers of smart meters
• Electric Vehicle charging Station
• 3rd party system

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Life-changing potential

“Solar PV is a great way for India and other countries to move beyond fossil fuels and meet their emission trajectory goals. Once the technology truly scales up, there is no limit to the amount of clean energy that can be distributed through solar power, and we are starting to see its life-changing potential with projects like the Modhera Sun village electrification,” says Juan Carlos Arévalo, Chief Executive Officer at GreenPowerMonitor, a DNV company. (pictured)

“Distributed solar energy is an instrument of energy justice: setting up the infrastructure to exploit this local, renewable – and, in India, almost continuously available – resource increases the economic agency of underserved communities and opens up the potential for the equitable distribution of the benefits of clean energy:  connection, job creation, reduced household burden, improved health and quality of life, and all-in-all, better community resilience,” continues Arévalo.

 

Featured photograph is actual project image, courtesy DNV.